Pa. To Get Markers Where Banana Split Was Invented And At Philadelphia Baptist Church

attends the celebration of Electrolux's new stand-alone refrigerator and freezer at Studio 450 on June 29, 2010 in New York City. TV personality Kelly Ripa teams up with Stephen Bruce, owner and founder of Serendipity 3, to build banana splits for a cause. When people visit http://www.kelly-confidential.com and build a virtual banana split, Electrolux donates $1 to ovarian cancer research.(credit: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

LATROBE, Pa. (AP) — What a perfect destination for a sundae drive!

The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission has approved a marker in the western Pennsylvania town where an apprentice pharmacist is credited with inventing the banana split.

The marker, one of a dozen new ones approved Tuesday, will be put in Latrobe where the fruit-filled ice cream sundae was invented in 1904 by David E. Stricker. The commission says two other American towns claim credit for the first banana split, but claims that Stricker made the first one about 40 miles east of Pittsburgh are better documented.

The commission also approved a marker for Pennepack Baptist Church in Philadelphia, the first permanent Baptist church in Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1688 but the surviving building dates to 1805, and was built upon a foundation set in 1707.